The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-25
He Is Beaten Almost 10 Death by
Two Rough SalOOnkeepers.
A Paragraph In His Paper the Cause
OF the Bkgraceful ARRAY.
Mayor fants's strange Action In
the Matter-A Mas Meet
Ing Of citizens 20
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nolds, the editor Of the Sun, q Ptohi-
bition paper, by Jules Sigman anu Il.
s. Wilkerson, both saloon keepers.
About one week ago R,ynolds, q
yourg man from Wichita, Kis, ar
rived In the city sud announced his
intention Of starting daily paper. No
one knew him, and they thought
nothing more about the matter until
Thursday afternoon, when the one
page sheet, bright and spicy, appeared
ON the streete. Is main ieaiaro wasa
lerg by editorial, headed Darkness
That Ia Dense" In the editorial VAS
th!O language: "Apy brute In the
shapo Of man who will stand behind
the bar and deliberately deal out dirty,
deadly, devil concoctions to his fellow
brutes, or rather his weak and pitilul
slayes, knowing ita awful ,iiects, is a
etinging disgrace 10 any commuu-
ity. Ho is generally too coward
ly to murder honestly and Outright,
aud through the satanic powers oil
his terrible tri fIlc he shiis the re-
sponsbiiti,s OF his crimes on the
shoulders Of his enslayed patrons"
Another paragraph says that "the
Mayor Of our city, aud the council, or
any one who sympalhlz,s with the
dispensers OF the soOursed essonce OF
all that Is degrading and disgusting,
can no more enter the pearly gates Of
heaven than the unooulh and desdly
viper can soar among the iloGcy clouds
with the birdi OF paradlto."
The next morning I. +. sigman,
one Of tho leading saloon keepers, met
II ynoldl on the street, and, asking
him n ho was the editor Of the news
paper, and what he meant by such
language, slapped him In the face and
dealt him several other severe blows,
knocking him down. Reynolds &C.
capped and vent TO his tface, while
sigman weat aIouud 10 Mayor Pants
tAi,e and submitted what he had
done. The mayor did not fine him
cent.
In the. afternoon, julie slgman
and Wilkenon, armed with .
loaded whip and bludgeon, went
round 10 Reynoldss Office. Hc was In
his ehirt sleeves buslly aatting type,
and rot looking mp for tho moment 10
see who his visitors were, was In.
formed by q stunning blow from
wilkenon with the club on the back
Of the head, md sigmsn began 10 be-
labor him with the heavy whip.
fully 100 blows were poured on the
helpless victim, every one Of which
brought the blood s,resmlr through
his shirt. A crowd waI r cd, but
40 they attempted 10 enter the door
they were Iopulfed by Pretol Fani,
until Deputy Sheriff Matthews 'oreo;
his way In and put the murtorous
assailaniB under arrest They we're
taken before the mayor on the hirge
Of assault and battery, and held 10
answer 10 the grand jury In the sum
Of s40O. The citizens were Justly in.
dignant ard threatened 10 des,
severely with the perpetrators
Of the crime. Today Mssafs.
Jack johnson and josh Leach,
merchants, vent around aud
asked the citizens 10 meet and
express their osinion Of the ouirsge.
Every business houso In tho city was
closed At 10 o'clock a.m., and strong
speeches denouncing the outrage
we're made by Judge Watson,
Capt. James 7. FAINT, ron Of
tho mayor, and Judge slith, ard a
committee Of ten leading cltlzsns ap-
pointed 10 draft resolutions denounc-
Ing the outrageous action Of thofo
bfutsl saloonisls. There 10 but ono
expression Of opinion, ard that
10 that tho action was a COW.
ardly attempt at murder aud
the perpstra,om shall be punished. Il
10 case similar 10 Gambieie, only
the attack wag made In the day time,
and the victim escaped with hls HE,
bat with penalties he will wear ior-
ever. The resoldiious Of the commit
tee will be plllIshod Monday. The
cilzsns are determined that yourg
R,ynllda shall b8 sustained. He Ia
a pleaaant looking fellow Of twenty.
oue yoau, highly intelligent, and a
near relative Of Robert Toombs, Of
| GeorgIa. In view Of alleged
threats that had been made
| by young Fani, Reynolds irionda
advised him not 10 10 TO bic
lodging, aud he went 10 other quarters,
where he was seen by the ArrEAL re-
porter. Tho reporter was refused ad-
millanco by tbs lady as she opened
the door, but being informed oi the
mission, readily admitted him. Rey-
noldlis suffering Intensely, and II will
b, some time bfire he will reelyer.
| Hs Expresses determination to iollow
w bic enterprise, and he has tho
hearty suppor. Of every good citizen
J In the community. Preston FAnl do
nles that he was one Of the attacking
parties, and gives that as his reason
or now seeking personal encounter
siih the young editor, a. leaned.